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The PrOmiSe
Of iceland
kári gíSlaSOn
At the age of seventeen, Kári Gíslason returns to Iceland,
his homeland, to meet his father. His mother, an Australian
secretary working in Iceland in the 1970s was secretly involved
with a married man and promised to never reveal their
relationship or the son born from it. Gíslason takes us to a
country that is both beautiful and isolated and, in the telling
of his own story, shows us how the Icelandic culture shaped
his childhood without the presence of a father.
The stor y takes the reader from Iceland, to Australia, England
and back again, with each set ting being stark in contrast to
the others.
Gíslason’s story is engaging and
will provide much to discuss for
book club members.